Can you trust someone out of your physical reach?

Signing up on online communities itself is a great risk. Sharing too much information is probably the greatest risk you would take. I am not easy on trusting people. I want proof first before I believe in them. If I find you trustworthy enough, I would consider you as one of the friends whom I can confide something into and carryout your advices. On Friendster, I found so many people whom I can trust, give love and miss. Probably, because they are the same as me, Filipinos. :)

I don't think I would give them any of my personal information either. We just know each other online and we really do not know each others background at all. I would be afraid to give them my personal info.

People are people, even seeing the physical person can be deceiving. I have been hurt by both virtual and non-virtual friends, so I have a tendency to not trust either very much. As far as personal information..maybe once I get to know that person very well and get a feel for them. I have online friends that I have know for YEARS and trust them much more than I do my own neighbors. I guess it depends on the circumstances. I do treat virtual friends like they are real because they are. And so am I...

Dear Argie, Things happen sometimes you know which are not in our control. We will get good friends on line too. I have good friends online that is your virtual community. I have many friends like that. Three or four of them are very close to me. Like someone else said I can trust everything I tell them, it'll be safe. I met them through other sites but not through mylot. Here also you can choose your friends Argie.. One of my closest friends in the net, I have never met. Only talked to her over phone and chatted with her over the net. All the best

Sometimes we have to make a leap in faith and just trust that other mylotters will be as trustworthy as we are ourselves.Sometimes even in real life we have to put some faith into trusting others and of course sometimes we are betrayed but if we did not trust anyone it would be a lonely world. I am cool with sharing myself as so many others have shared themselves with out any borderlines. you would soon learn how trustworthy your friends are anyway.

I agree. It's not a wise thing to divulge your secrets at any degree of intimacy or any piece of private information to a friend whether virtual or physical. Once other people know something about you, sometimes, you're at their mercy. They may take it against you if something bad happened to your relatioship with that friend. I'm not suggesting that we always regard them as agents of distrust but perhaps we may share with them things that are still private (because through such sharing you also become bonded) but you just have to ensure (to the best of your perception) what you're sharing is not going to be a danger invite someday. For example, you may tell her about your childhood crush, it's not going to be harmful I think or perhaps you may share what your ultimate dreams and ambitions are but not your bank account information.

I can't say that i trust will whole heart. it is virtual worlds as you have said. but may be from the attitude of some, we get the idea about the person.But until and unless any serious relationship, i do not think about these.

I trust all my friends very much and vice versa. There is no question of they being virtual friends. All my friends here are more than my real life friends and I think understanding and belief between us is the binding factor. I have not come across here any unfaithful friend so far, all of the persons, who are on my friends list are simply wonderful and superb.

It really depends on who they are and how much I get to know that person. There are a couple that I would share a bit more than what I usually do in mylot or other places and it's only a select few.

I have few quite friends here in mylot. There are some of them i shared my private information and problems thru PM. And i know i can trusted them. I am not a sharing type of person in outside world even to my real friends. I have lot of friends but i am choosy in terms of a private matters. It's hardly for me to share my problems thru verbal especially if it is very complicated. So must better to keep it by myself. Here in mylot it's not that hard for me to share what i feel. Every single words and topic that i posted in this website is come from my heart. But i have also a limit coz not every single happened in my life i exposed or shared. I make discussions in a way to relief.

I think you can trust your virtual friends but only to a certain degree. There are things that they can be helpful to you but certainly there are most things that they can't be of any help. Its good to be in an online community like mylot but still theres nothing that can replace the friendship of a human being right next to you...

I think we should, but it is hard to judge character over the net, you can werite whatever you want post whatever pictures assume whatever identity you please, the main reason for this is scamming you out of money. It is kinda stupid to trust some one when you meet them on the net just because they told you to, just be cautious real friends stick around past that uncertain stage.

Yes,we all have never got any phsical connection.But we are really friends and trust others.I trust all my friends here.I think they are as kind as the friends in the real life.So I will be friend to all my friends here.

I have the same viewpoint about trusting my virtual friends, I believe them but I will not share all my private information even though we have never met each other.I can be honest and creditable to others,but I can not guarantee others can be the same with me.

It takes time for me to give my trust to anyone – I don’t give out personal information to anyone who I have just met, whether online or in real life. I have met some that can’t be trusted more than those I met in the virtual world. I guess sometimes I am more open to a friend online than my friends in real life. I have to admit that me and some of my friends I knew since college or highschool days have sometimes little communication and I think a few chit chats and meetings over a cup of coffee did not allow me to get to know them as much as I can get to know a person who I can always talk with “online”. The way people talk, what they say, what they thought about are sometimes reflections of what they really are and I am getting to know them in that aspect, by talking more with them and it is too, building trust in the process…

My friends here on mylot i do not see them on a day to day basis,but i will ask then questions and make comments that i might not be able to tell my friends that are right around me....As far as my personal business i only share that if i feel it will help one of my online friends..I find it easier to talk to online friends sometimes better than i can clsoe friends because they do not hold it against you are always getting their feelings hurt....They are not your day to day friends ans therfore they have a more open mind about a subject since they do not know mw personally....

Me, i can't put my 100% trust on my virtual friends, i can give half of the percent only. Do you know why i think everyone can't tell a 100% true mostly in our discussion. I can say we can't tell which is true or not, isn't it.

i generally trust my friends. there aren't much of me which should be covered :) well, to trust them with my life, i should first consult with my best friend: myself.

I have quite a few friends that live in my computer :) We have shared soooooooooo much personal information with each other. We are in a small online group together. We are each others "additional sisters.. or sisters we never had." We all have different backgrounds, different aged children.. it seems we all married the same man though..lol It is nice to have someone you have never met to share things with. I think its due to the anonymity of the internet that we can do this. I love the friends in my computer as much as I love the ones I can touch

I give everyone even online people I meet the basic trust, but for anything more than that, it is really harder to do when it is online friendships, I usually don't divulge any private information for a few years. I am kind of an open person to an extent about my past and my life, to me on that it really doesn't matter that much. I figure that if I can help one person with all I have been through then it is worth all the negative remarks from some, but there are certain things that I don't talk about, the way I see it is it is not their business.